English-Portuguese translations for underlying

• implícito
• subjacente
  As causas subjacentes são diversas. The underlying reasons are varied.
  Essa era a ideia subjacente da estratégia. That was the underlying idea of the strategy.
  Os factos subjacentes são conhecidos há anos. The underlying facts have been known for years.

Definition of underlying

• lying underneath
• basic or fundamental
• implicit
• The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value

Examples

• We dug down to the underlying rock.
• Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
• Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.

Related words

• underlying asset
• underlying message
• underlying reason
• underlying stem
• underlying disease
• doctrine of underlying assumptions of the contract